2009/03/25 by J. Trujillo Bueno
Physics and Astronomy · #Chromosphere #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Linear polarization #Magnetism #Polarimetry #Polarization (electrochemistry) #QUIET #Scientific Research and Discoveries #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #Spectral line #Zeeman effect #astro-ph.SR
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/978-3-642-02859-5_9
Review paper to appear in "Magnetic Coupling between the Interior and the Atmosphere of the Sun", eds. S. S. Hasan and R. J. Rutten, Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, Springer-Verlag, 2009
arxiv created 2009/03/25 · openalex publication_date 2009/10/22 · arxiv updated 2015/05/13 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
I review some recent advances in methods to diagnose polarized radiation with which we may hope to explore the magnetism of the solar chromosphere and corona. These methods are based on the remarkable signatures that the radiatively induced quantum coherences produce in the emergent spectral line polarization and on the joint action of the Hanle and Zeeman effects. Some applications to spicules, prominences, active region filaments, emerging flux regions and the quiet chromosphere are discussed.